title: [Kidney contusions and traffic accidents. Apropos of the Tunisian experience].
abstract: The authors report a retrospective series of 45 cases of blunt renal trauma from a total of 685 cases of blunt abdominal trauma observed between 1989-1993. This multicentre trial was designed to illustrate the severity of this type of trauma and to place it in the context of road accidents in Tunisia.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Mhiri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trifa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahloul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hadiji
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Beyrouti
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003288:Contusions / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006417:Hematuria / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Contusion rénale et accidents de la voie publique. A propos d'une expérience tunisienne.